Grimace's Birthday
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- Publication date
- 2023-06-12
- Topics
- grimace, grimace's birthday, birthday, mcdonalds, mcdonald's, game, game boy, game boy color, krool toys, homebrew, mcdonaldland, ronald mcdonald, birdie, hamburgurlar
- Language
- English
This is an archived file (along with its revisions) of the 2023 platformer game Grimace's Birthday, developed by Krool Toys, Gumpyfunction, Pearacidic and Blezz Beats for McDonald's, published by McDonald's for web browsers, but developed for the Game Boy Color system.
It was released on June 12, 2023 as part of McDonald's "Grimace's Birthday" promotion featuring the return of McDonaldland characters Grimace, Birdie the Early Bird, Hamburglar and the McNugget Buddies for the Grimace's Birthday ice cream shake product served at U.S. McDonald's restaurants; from June 12, 2023 to July 9, 2023. The game remains playable on https://grimacesbirthday.com/ past the end of the promotional event.
The game was originally presented using .gb file formats, however I've decided to include alternative .gbc file formats for those having issues with their emulators and/or flash cartridges.
This archive includes the following release revisions:
- The original release version (file name has no version label), released on launch day (June 12, 2023)
- Version 1.1, released June 13, 2023.
- Version 1.2, released June 13, 2023.
- Version 1.3, released June 15, 2023. For Krool Toys' patch notes on revision 1.3, check their Twitter post on: https://twitter.com/krooltoys/status/1669352258168033282
- Version 1.4, released June 17, 2023.
- Version 1.5, released June 19, 2023. For Krool Toys' patch notes on revision 1.5, check their Twitter post on: https://twitter.com/krooltoys/status/1670863817490718721
- Version 1.6, released June 23, 2023.
- The latest version: 1.7, released July 4, 2023.
Hope this helps you all! If there's something missing please review here so I can check and correct!
The game sees Grimace, the McDonaldland tastebud (according to the McDonalds Twitter apparently!) going across town to round up his McDonaldland pals: Hamburglar, Birdie the Early Bird, and the McNugget Buddies; in order to properly celebrate his birthday party at his favorite local McDonalds restaurant.
--- STORY ---
Grimace, the well known tastebud from McDonaldland is celebrating his birthday at his favorite McDonald's restaurant. But just when his big celebration is ready, his McDonaldland pals are nowhere to be seen! Grimace skates off to find Hamburglar, Birdie and the McNugget Buddies for his birthday reunion before the day ends. Help Grimace experience his most exciting birthday!
--- GAME ---
Grimace must reach the end of the stage by reaching the goal point of each stage before time runs out. The first two levels see Grimace skating, while he goes barefoot on the last two stages. Grimace gets points for performing skating tricks and popping balloons.
If Grimace gets hurt, he will trip and fall on the ground, losing points along the way. Hurry and press UP to get back up! For each time Grimace falls, you will lose 200 points (400 in Hard mode).
Across the four levels in the game, there are 40 Grimace milkshakes to collect. They can be found spread across the entirety of all four levels.
The Darkside Grind and 50-50 Grinds are automatically performed when grinding on rails if playing on the Normal difficulty. If playing on the Hard difficulty, Grimace must manually grind using the UP and DOWN buttons or else he will fall off the rails. Game points are doubled if played on Hard.
Levels can be skipped by selecting SKIP LEVEL from the pause menu or the Time Over screen, though no more points will be awarded for that level.
------CONTROLS------
These are the game's controls as shown through the official website's instructions.
--MENU CONTROLS--
A BUTTON: Start game/Select menu option
B BUTTON: Previous screen or menu/cancel option
CONTROL PAD: Move selection
SELECT: Change the color of Grimace's skateboard (only on the title screen). You can choose between purple, blue and green skateboard colors.
--GAME CONTROLS--
- CONTROL PAD:
* UP: Darkside Grind (if playing on Hard mode), makes Grimace get up after falling on the ground.
* DOWN: 50-50 Grind (if playing on Hard mode), drop down a thin platform.
* LEFT and RIGHT: Move Grimace.
- A BUTTON: Jump, float higher in the air while inside a bubble. Hold A for a Super Jump. Press A and then press the B Button while in the air for a Kickflip.
- B BUTTON: Kickflip (while in midair after pressing the A Button), pop the bubble while Grimace is inside it.
- START: Pause game. You can retry and skip levels here. (You can only skip levels in the main game mode)
-- SKATING MODE --
Aside from the main game mode, there are two additional modes dedicated to Grimace's skating hobby seen in the first two levels.
- In SCORE ATTACK, the player must score as many points as possible before time runs out in a wide area exclusive to the game mode. There are 20 presents spread throughout the area and are tallied at the end of the game.
- In FREESKATE, the player can explore the SCORE ATTACK area without the time limit.
----- ORIGINAL GAME DESCRIPTION -----
"Help Grimace find his friends in time to blow the candles out, and collect enough birthday shakes for his guests along the way!" - grimacesbirthday.com
--- LITTLE FUN FACTS (from the archivist)---
- On launch day (June 12, 2023), the game's website icon was based on Grimace's ingame sprite; however, the sprite's appearance beared a heavy resemblance to William Afton/Purple Guy from the Five Nights at Freddy's games! This was changed a day later after release.
- Archival was noticed by McDonald's Twitter management (hi mcdonalds my favorite food at mcdonalds is the chicken nuggets combo with large fries) and Krool Toys
- Archive as seen on IGN, Kotaku, Engadget, Wario64 on Twitter (hi Wario64), Gizmodo, and more
- The game has an error screen if you try to play it on the original Game Boy models (original Game Boy, Super Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Light), though using certain code modifications this can be bypassed.
- This game also has a crash handler! In 2023!
- McDonalds please tell me why are you afraid to use Ronald McDonald again. I will understand
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This is a published homebrew game by Krool Toys with official partnership with the McDonalds Corporation. The archive is officially approved by Krool Toys and its developers. It is not licensed or endorsed by Nintendo Co. Ltd or it's international divisions. This game was developed using GB Studio.
Grimace's Birthday is property of:
Grimace's Birthday game: Krool Toys Limited
McDonaldland characters (Ronald McDonald, Grimace, Birdie the Early Bird, Hamburglar and other characters): McDonald's Corporation
- Addeddate
- 2023-06-13 02:17:41
- Identifier
- grimaces-birthday
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Reviews
Reviewer:
AGVYT
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favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite -
July 5, 2023
Subject: 1.7 update
Subject: 1.7 update
I really hope this archive gets updated seeing as there is now a 1.7 release.
Reviewer:
Kelton_drk
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favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite -
July 4, 2023
Subject: In reply to the 1.4 request of the poster
Subject: In reply to the 1.4 request of the poster
Hi there, just spotted your 1.4 request message,
I've spotted that ;
https://archive.org/details/grimaces-birthday-v1.0
has the 1.4 version which you can use to add to your archive :)...
thanks for the efforts.
Quick heads up 1.7 version is now out ;)
I've spotted that ;
https://archive.org/details/grimaces-birthday-v1.0
has the 1.4 version which you can use to add to your archive :)...
thanks for the efforts.
Quick heads up 1.7 version is now out ;)
Reviewer:
Thentell
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favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite -
June 29, 2023
Subject: Epic
Subject: Epic
The original ROM link is here, from the official site https://grimacesbirthday.com/bX4TvUeiUEfKRw8bkPGaB.gb
Reviewer:
hmidk
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favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite -
June 22, 2023
Subject: "though using certain code modifications this can be bypassed"
Subject: "though using certain code modifications this can be bypassed"
Any chance someone could upload a modified version somewhere?
Reviewer:
Devan Wolf
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June 22, 2023
Subject: I got a 3DS Virtual Console release of it!
Subject: I got a 3DS Virtual Console release of it!
For 3DS users who want to play it on there: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/861881116675407932/1121275447683076116/grimacebday.cia
Reviewer:
nickisarchivinget
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June 21, 2023
Subject: to bikerspade
Subject: to bikerspade
Yo bikerspade! I saw your reply about the v. 1.4 version and I was not aware of the v1.4 revision until the devs messages me about the 1.5 revision. Is there a place where I can get this revision so I can add it to my archive?
Reviewer:
bikerspade
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favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite -
June 20, 2023
Subject: missing v1.4
Subject: missing v1.4
Five of the six versions as of 2023-06-20 are here (the initial release, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.5):
https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=47&n=2052
https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=47&n=2053
https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=47&n=2054
https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=47&n=2055
https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=47&n=2059
Missing 1.4:
https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=47&n=2058
https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=47&n=2052
https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=47&n=2053
https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=47&n=2054
https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=47&n=2055
https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=47&n=2059
Missing 1.4:
https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=47&n=2058
Reviewer:
gendou_kun
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June 16, 2023
Subject: Playable on modded consoles
Subject: Playable on modded consoles
Played it on hacked 3DS with Twilightmenu++ without issues
Reviewer:
Brady Meyer886
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favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite -
June 16, 2023
Subject: Add 1.3
Subject: Add 1.3
You need to add 1.3 version before website shut down
Reviewer:
Keirondrk
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favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite -
June 15, 2023
Subject: Big thanks :)
Subject: Big thanks :)
Massive thank you for supplying the ROM version,
just to update you if you haven't spotted there is now a 1.3 version on the site :)...
thanks again.
just to update you if you haven't spotted there is now a 1.3 version on the site :)...
thanks again.
Reviewer:
Craig Layne
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June 14, 2023
Subject: Grimace's Birthday Playthrough
Subject: Grimace's Birthday Playthrough
I played this on my twitch stream the other night. It was a lot of fun and loved by the audience. I also made a youtube video of the playthrough.
https://youtu.be/phzqPGZI1ug
Now, someone needs to get some RetroAchievements for this!
https://youtu.be/phzqPGZI1ug
Now, someone needs to get some RetroAchievements for this!
Reviewer:
GaminylGames
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favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite -
June 14, 2023
Subject: Game's actually pretty amazing
Subject: Game's actually pretty amazing
Dont mean to spam but I made a video about the plot and whatnot here and dove into the developers' website for fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6XhVS8Zyko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6XhVS8Zyko
Reviewer:
Howling Wolf & Chelsea
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June 14, 2023
Subject: Version
Subject: Version
This upload is rev 1.0
Right now, there's a new version (1.2) on the website.
Right now, there's a new version (1.2) on the website.
Reviewer:
sighofrelief
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June 14, 2023
Subject: Krool Toys' Other work
Subject: Krool Toys' Other work
Hello, i was able to locate playable wayback snapshots of Krool Toys' other gameboy work, however i'm having a lot of trouble ripping the games (namely from their itch.io page). I feel as though they're worth archiving in a rom format, how does one go about that?
I'd particularly like this to be done since before the release of Grimaces' birthday, it seems they've wiped all their previous work from existence. Thank you!
It may also be worth archiving other things Krool Toys' do besides videogames, since they don't seem to care to preserve it themselves...
I'd particularly like this to be done since before the release of Grimaces' birthday, it seems they've wiped all their previous work from existence. Thank you!
It may also be worth archiving other things Krool Toys' do besides videogames, since they don't seem to care to preserve it themselves...
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